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Title: At first I thought it was a cooler? Post by: sc1101 on May 16, 2013, 09:16:32 pm Spotted this on CL. I thought it was a picnic cooler but then I noticed it was refrigerated. I've never seen one of these. I'd assume its some kind of self serve slider?
http://nh.craigslist.org/clt/3786018060.html Title: Re: At first I thought it was a cooler? Post by: jholmgren on May 16, 2013, 09:20:32 pm Appears to be a simple Cornelius slider missing the flapper/coin mech.
Jim Title: Re: At first I thought it was a cooler? Post by: sc1101 on May 16, 2013, 09:39:26 pm Thanks Jim, I had never seen one before and was just wondering. I just checked out the picture of it on the site and it looks like a cool machine when all the missing pieces are there especially the light up sign.
http://soda-machines.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=138&Itemid=14 Title: Re: At first I thought it was a cooler? Post by: BrianS on May 16, 2013, 10:30:33 pm They are a pretty common , usually have the woodgrain finish. Pretty reliable machine, I know of a couple around town still in commercial service. I think the light up sign is worth as much as the entire machine. There are a couple of threads on here where members took off the woodgrain and turned out a pretty nice machine. Not much collectable value, but great for everyday use.
Title: Re: At first I thought it was a cooler? Post by: jholmgren on May 17, 2013, 05:57:39 am They are a pretty common , usually have the woodgrain finish. Pretty reliable machine, I know of a couple around town still in commercial service. I think the light up sign is worth as much as the entire machine. There are a couple of threads on here where members took off the woodgrain and turned out a pretty nice machine. Not much collectable value, but great for everyday use. Yep - Halehouse did a nice conversion on one. I have two of them in the basement (one clean not cooling, one filthy but cooling) - that I am planning to combine into one working unit. I think I paid around $150 for the pair. I plan to try my hand at a conversion from woodgrain to something else, haven't decided on a theme but it is one of those "around to it" projects so it'll probably be a while. Jim |